MacVector Alternatives

    MacVector is described as 'comprehensive Macintosh application that provides sequence editing, primer design, cloning and designing constructs, internet database searching, protein analysis, sequence confirmation, multiple sequence alignment, phylogenetic reconstruction, coding region'. There are six alternatives to MacVector for Mac, Windows, Linux and Online / Web-based. The best alternative is UGENE, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MacVector are Benchling (Free Personal), SnapGene Viewer (Free Personal), TreeView (Free) and GENtle (Free, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Jun 14, 2017

    1. UGENE

      • Free • Open Source
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      UGENE is free open-source cross-platform bioinformatics software.
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    2. Online lab notebook software, including DNA design tools.
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    4. SnapGene Viewer

      • Free Personal • Proprietary
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        SnapGene Viewer is revolutionary software that allows molecular biologists to create, browse, and share richly annotated DNA sequence files up to 1 Gb in length.
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        SnapGene Viewer vs MacVector opinions
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        SnapGene viewer is only a viewer. If you want functionality, you have to buy SnapGene.
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      • TreeView

        • Free • Proprietary
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          Tree drawing software for Apple Macintosh and Windows.
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        • GENtle

          • Free • Open Source
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            GENtle is a software for DNA and amino acid editing, database management, plasmid maps, restriction and ligation, alignments, sequencer data import, calculators, gel image display, PCR, and much more.

          • Gene Construction Kit

            • Freemium • Proprietary
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              Gene Construction Kit® (GCK) is a useful tool for plasmid mapping, cloning simulation, and DNA analysis.
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